Thursday, November 24, 2016

I think I've figured it out

I went to the beautiful Santa Monica main library on Wednesday November 9 seeking some reading material that would take my mind off the previous day's event.  I was moving  toward the new fiction section with the intention of finding a mindless modern dribble focused on some crazy political thriller where everything and everybody in government is corrupt except for the single hero, either male or female, but usually ex-CIA or ex-FBI or ex-Navy Seal male, who miraculously avoids every pitfall known to mankind and somehow saves the day and lives to star in the next book, to be released in six months.

Before I reached that part of the library I noticed a temporary section that had a card heading which read...."SCIENCE....librarian's recommendation."  

There were approximately 40 books on top of a free standing bookcase, neatly leaning against easels, with perhaps another 100 books underneath on separate shelves.
Two titles literally dominated my vision.  The first one was called "Black Hole, How an idea abandoned by Newtonians, Hated by Einstein, and gambled on by Hawking became loved."  

Having just experienced the 2016 Presidential election results I could think of no better diversion than diving into a recent book regarding Black Holes, of which I have an extreme interest because of "My Other God Particles" art show in 2014.  The CERN project in Geneva is responsible for the art I've done over the last three years and since both Theoretical and Experimental Particle Physics are the bases of that endeavor it simply makes sense that I would want to know more about the most elusive "creature" that the Universe has to offer.....THE BLACK HOLE.  I had recently decided to do some paintings of black holes, utilizing my special Strontium Aluminate paint so that also probably is the main reason the title caught my eye.

Sitting next to the Black Hole (by Marcia Bartusiak) was
MAGNIFICENT
PRINCIPIA
Exploring
Isaac 
Newton's
Masterpiece
by
Colin Pask


I'm not about to tell you that I've always wanted to read Newton's Principia but I have always wondered what Isaac Newton might have been like and since the word exploring was in the title I figured this might be a good way to introduce myself to Professor Newton.  I also thought that since the events of the previous day were completely unreasonable and surreal that perhaps getting back to the basics {and what's more basic than gravity?} might help me figure out why things had gone so completely nuts and why 59 million Americans decided to put their faith and trust in a carnival barker, who changed his mind ABOUT EVERYTHING all the time and had no political experience on ANY LEVEL, and award him with the most important job on the planet.  



SO SINCE THE ELECTION......
I've read the Black Hole book, which turns out to have been written in 2013.  There are more recent events like the discovery of Gravitational Waves by the LIGO project which apparently solidifies the existence of those giant but not giant matter suckers that either do or don't do what particle physicists and relativists think they do or don't do.  

I'm still very confused but at least there's physical proof that they do exist....I think.

And that brings me to the book on Newton's Principia and how I've figured out what happened on November 8, 2016.

The problem is that I am mathematically challenged so equations, while extremely beautiful, mean nothing to me.  I need words and images....numbers, integers and symbols don't work for me even though I love looking at them....but while reading I stumbled upon something.

Giordano Bruno, a Dominican Friar, who was a mathematician, a poet, an astrologer and a philosopher decided to publicly reveal his opinions and findings.
He is remembered for his cosmological theories, which conceptually extended the Coperican model. He proposed that the stars were just distant suns surrounded by their own planets and suggested that these planets could even foster life of their own.  He also said that the universe is infinite and might have no celestial body at it's "center."

HE WAS BURNED AT THE STAKE
BY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
IN THE YEAR
1600

In case it slipped your mind this is 2016 (that's only 416 years ago)

So using Newton's style of problem solving one simply has to deduce that there hasn't been ample time for large portions of the human race to develop enough brain power to recognize when someone completely tricks them into making a decision that literally makes no sense on any logical level....and also possibly places their lives and the lives of their children in jeopardy.

WE NEED MORE TIME AND MORE SCHOOLING.  HAVING MORE FAITH IN OURSELVES WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL.

Hopefully there will come a time in the near future where someone won't be able to verbalize hateful falsities and scare people into making a decision that is only based on name recognition and celebrity status.

BY THE WAY.....this was the ultimate CELEBRITY APPRENTICE mindf**k moment and he pulled it off because we aren't smart enough....yet.

We, as a species, will eventually get there and hopefully his time in the White House won't damage the system beyond repair.

George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Donald J. Trump.
FOREVER IN OUR HISTORY BOOKS

If that makes any sense....GOD HELP YOU and GOD HELP US ALL.

But like I said,  I think I figured it out.  We aren't stupid, we just aren't smart enough

YET.

We will get there!


Michael Timothy McAlevey














Saturday, November 12, 2016

Breathe in, Breathe out, breathe in, breathe out.......

It's been been 4 days since Donald "Biff" Trump rocked the political world and received the most electoral votes in the 2016 Presidential election.  Hillary accumulated more popular votes, by more than 400,000, but our system doesn't operate that way.

Second time in 16 years a Democrat has won the popular vote and lost the election.  Al Gore had 530,000 more votes than George W. Bush in 2000, when the Supreme halted a recount in Florida and declared GW the winner.

Al Gore was gracious in defeat.
Hillary has been gracious in defeat.

THEN WHY ALL THE PROTEST THIS TIME AND NOT IN 2000?

BECAUSE THE WINNER, THIS TIME, IMPLIED THAT THE ELECTION WAS RIGGED FOR HIS OPPONENT AND THAT HE WOULD NOT ACCEPT THE OUTCOME...."UNLESS HE WON."

The people on the other side of the Trump wall are simply giving him some of his own medicine......

and one more thing to keep in mind.

Many of the marching people, who are apparently quite upset, were Bernie people.  His "movement" and his "people" were asked to support Hillary after the primary...and they did and now they've received something so far away from what Bernie stood for, that their brains are fried.

Maybe this type of political result is what this country needs so that the gate can once again swing one way before it actually swings back the other way and stays open for everyone to get in.

I see a bright future.......there's just some very odd clouds in the way.

Go Elizabeth

2020






Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Revision

It turns out
that
ANYONE
can
be
President

Biff from Back to the Future
will be
in
the
White House

Stunned and working for Elizabeth Warren in 2020.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

November 8 2016.....HISTORICAL, either way...but

A female winning the Presidency is a more important historical moment than a TV celebrity with a large bank account.

As kids we were told that anyone can grow up to be President.

The one truth we've learned from this election.

ANYONE CAN RUN FOR PRESIDENT.

Let's move along.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Friday, November 4, 2016

Four days left......

Today is Friday November 4 2016 and next Tuesday this country will decide who and what The United States of America stands for.

I watched some of Mrs. Trump 3's speech yesterday and literally had trouble understanding some of her words.  I did note that she talked about how children need to not be hateful, or something to that affect, and my first thought was.....HAS SHE LISTENED TO HER HUSBAND AT ALL?

HIS ENTIRE CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN BASED ON NAME CALLING AND TELLING US HOW BAD PRESIDENT OBAMA IS AND THAT HILLARY IS JUST AN OBAMA CLONE.  TO SAY THAT HIS RHETORIC HAS BEEN HATEFUL IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

HE IS CONSTANTLY REMINDING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC ON HOW WEAK OUR MILITARY HAS BECOME.
(no one even comes close to matching our military)

I'm not going to list the rest of his statements because frankly I'm tired of hearing how bad America is when in truth....this is the only place most people seeking immigration want to live.

I'm basically shocked that the race is currently questionable in certain battleground states.

I've said all along that he can't get more than 45-50 million votes and that's not enough to win.
I'm noticing certain states are allowing Bernie Sanders write in votes and that could hurt Hillary.
The Utah guy seems to think he can win Utah and that would hurt Hillary.
If minorities don't turn out in large numbers that could hurt Hillary.
Women that support Trump are obviously watching a different program and that could hurt Hillary.
Wikileaks is obviously doing everything possible to hurt Hillary.
The FBI has suddenly involved themselves in this election.
The Clinton Conspiracy people are working overtime to hurt Hillary.

I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT COMMON SENSE WILL PREVAIL AND THAT SOMEONE LIKE DONALD J. TRUMP WILL NOT BE ABLE SCARE THE AMERICAN VOTERS INTO SUPPORTING HIS TYPE OF DEMEANOR.

STOP FOR A SEC AND JUST IMAGINE HIS INAUGURAL ADDRESS ON JANUARY 20 2017.

That moment, in my mind, rivals the strangest Twilight Zone episode ever written.

THAT CAN'T BE 
A REALITY 
MOMENT 
UNLESS
THIS
COUNTRY
HAS
GONE
BAD SHIT
CRAZY.

Next you are going to tell me that the Chicago Cubs won the World Series.

STOP IT!

Michael Timothy McAlevey